Tom Dixon Beat
(7)In 2004 Tom Dixon was involved in an initiative in Jaipur, India, to create alternative possibilities for the rapidly vanishing craftsmen and women and their incredible skills. The Beat light was instigated during a NGO development project undertaken by the British Council and Tom Dixon in 2002, in an effort... Read more
Filters
Brand
Colour
In Stock
In 2004 Tom Dixon was involved in an initiative in Jaipur, India, to create alternative possibilities for the rapidly vanishing craftsmen and women and their incredible skills. The Beat light was instigated during a NGO development project undertaken by the British Council and Tom Dixon in 2002, in an effort to maintain and develop the skills of the street metalworkers of Rajasthan. The underlying proportions and techniques of traditional brass work used to create water vessels and cooking pots were used to create new objects of sculptural simplicity with a rethought functionality.
Each Beat light is now made from hand spun brass sculpted by artisan craftsmen in Northern India. Spun, welded, beaten and finally skimmed on a lathe, they retain hammer marks from their forming. Beat’s polished interiors were originally designed to be hygienic and clean for use, now the painstakingly beaten interior is re-purposed to refract and reflect a soft and warm luminosity. The creation of the beat light is part of an ancient process that takes four days to complete.